Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-11


a swKKPTza THREAT.
lhs0slay Corr. Past IsselItSeae1.l
A member Of Hwsdss cane down fron
Toe fFont yesterday and cot - at ~
gvea Hotsl, on KsiIFoad and NsssE
Streets. 1bsy had been working On To-
Cascade division, and al had more o.
ies De1ey. Yesterday party Of etRhl
Started Out 70 take q Eids afoand ths
city, fear eotnR In Q harsnehs, two In q
b1aRy and two riding. This little pre-
eaeslon started quite megFily from tbe
nolHhbOFhood OF the hotel, and co.,
tluaed % until making the crossing Of
th0 FaiiKod e. tie foot Of Pacific avenue,
mar the wharf. There the boFss In the
baRgy baked ~ 10 ives crossing the
tEaek, and an engine, making q quick
run % the bankers came out from un-
Ger the hill and struck ths FiR. Tue
hokee vas thrown 70 the right, the
beGRy smashed aad the occupants
thrown forwaFd--one of thea 90 she
track, where the train passed over him,
leayfnG dead ana manRisd body; the
other was badly, bat not dAngcEsasiy,
injured. Mr.. 6undberg. OF tie syeA
Hotel wAs notified and immediately
vent 10 the soeRe Of the wreck, bad the
body OF the more unfortunate man con-
veye6 70 UndeEtaker H0ska's rooms.
and the injured man vas taken TO the
hotel, the merry procession OF an hour
k0feFe sorrowfuIly escoTtina them back.
The Bams Of The deceased vas Gust
bfoolasn. He cans from Minneapolis
10 work on the Cascade division. He
vas single man, "a years Of age; eane
from Inalmo, Susden, sir years ago,
and has brother In Kansas City. The
name Of the injured mas is Cast Carl
soa.
TEE ODD WILLOWS.
Ths Grand Lodge Of ODD Fellows vas
IN session ell day yesterday at Masonic
Hail. An election Of sfhosrs took place
yes. eFday With the following result: J..
v. AssksF, Of Puyallap. @. NJ; o. q.
white, Of Dayton, Deputy q. Nj Il. j..
Thompsen, Of Tacoma. q. w.; LEI. A.
Shaw, Of WaIla WaIla, q. s.; q. W. Hail,
Of Seattle, q. T.; A. II. Tucker, Of Port
Townsend, O. h. The appointed Of
0eeFs will be named today. The Grand
EnoanL pment held another sessioa last
night. This evening the work Of the
order will be performed al Masonic
Hall By members Of the Grand Lodge.
The reception. 81 stated, will take place
tomoTfoW evening.
STRIKE on TEE NonTHKRN PACIFIC.
Aboat 40 men have been employed
on the strip Of road around the bead Of
Commencement Bay, By which the
northern Pacific expects 10 get into
Tacoma. They were paid sl.75 per day.
For some days there has been mutteF-
ingH Of dsseorteHt and yesterday the
mes demanded an increase of pay to
e per day, and, IL being refused, they
dstsrmined 10 quit In body. Engineer
9. q. Bean, 10 charge Of the work,
learned of the contemplated move be-
fore be reached the work and went down
armed With q chaekbook. Building q
large are and erecting q plank for
desk be vent 10 work right there IN the
midst Of ell weather that vas then pre-
vailine and paid the men OF In checks
- rapidly a. they came forward.
Eighty men were thus sent away and
the others continued Al work. Those
Who qnit quickly spread the news Of
the strike through the city and dele
Cation waited on n. II. OConnor and
other members Of the executive board
Of the Kntahts Of Labor and dem anded
that they take action In the matter.
O'Oonnsr quit the work at which he
vas engaged on O street and went 10
see EngiHeeF Bean 10 try and have the
matter adjusted. The latter could give
him
NO SUBTRACTION,
However, and O'Couner thsn wrote a
note 10 Mr.. Kline, Assistant General
Manager Buckiey's Secretary, asking
him TO make personal inquiry into the
matter. Meeting q Posi- IarELLIaENuRE
representative on the street In the after
hoon. OOonneF said;
"You can say that OConneF said EN-
phaticAlly that the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company will have TO suceumt
one way or the other. OCOnner has
said he would stand BY the working
Laan, and he will. l have given then
until O'Clock this evening to answer
The demand Of the men Ia jnst, aud II Il
10 net accorded TO OConner will brins
all his power and influence TO bear
and will stop the whole Northern Paoihi
Railroad from 10. Paul 10 Tacoma"
"HoV will you do that p vas asked
'I'll simply call out the Knights o.
Labor. ! can stop tho whole railroad IL
twenty four hours"
"Won't 700 have TO call meeting, OF
anything ~ that soFtr'
"No. From the peculiar position
occupy | don't have 90 do any thing o.
the kind. get my power from Pow
Derry. Powdsrly told me 10 go ahsaS
and do As thought best and III hav,
10 do H."
How many members Of the execu
tive board arc theFeG'
There are seven. but We don't havl
10 hold meeting, you understand.
ewtit hAtaORar Al kaaA ara eNaWa A.. Daru.
sylvAhta this afternoon. l will issnl
my proclamation this afternoon anC
God only knows what Il will be. O'Con
NET will hnd cut whether the Knights
OF Labor are men Who will stand bl
one another or whether they Ain't worth
pinch Of snuff You can say that YET
had an intarview With me and tha
O'ConneF sAid be told the men theil
cause vas iaat and for them 30 stant
for the riget aud that I act ofiieiall,
when stop the whole business OF thl
Northern Pacific Railroad" SO saying
OOonneE vent on his way.
Engineer Bean said that be vas rap
idly hlliag the places Of the men who
bad quit and that the work would go OF
without material DELAY. "If the North
ern Pacific paid big wages down here,
be said, you can see that 10 would b,
In possible TO get men 10 20 TO the front
where 70 10 raining and showing ant
aleettng by turua, and IL IL very aitlisuli
20 keep men al work. II ID much bsttei
10 work here fer 81. IS than en- the street
for Welsh, the contractor. AZ Oh Is. as
am told be is paying. or 10 work on Cd.
cooperative plan, a. 90 Tacoma avenue
Al 80 cents = aay and not be sure o.
that"
The city is paying e. . day. which Il
fair wage" said Councilman Hannah
Wha vas standing by.
YES, there are Just five nen az vorl
for the city" said Bean. AS for ID,
railroad woEk. there will be no troahls
about thai after tomorrow"
The wife OF NJ. Kaufman has bees
quite seriously ~ fer some dave past
Her sister. Mrs singerman Of Seattle
u nov IN attendance upon her.
COMMON sGNAE LIFE tNagRANCE
o. the asme Ftan ~ Fire Iasaraaee
THE rEpvTnxNT SAVINGS IIFE ASSURANCE
soctErp oy NEw FORK.
Taylor 4 Barns having been ap